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Chemical Product Wholesaling in the UK: Market Research Report

Market Research • Market Size • Industry Statistics • Industry Analysis • Industry Trends

Chemical Product Wholesaling Market Research Report | SIC G46.750 | Nov 2012

Volatile sales: Fluctuating chemical prices and economic conditions make for unstable growth

The Chemical Product Wholesaling market research report provides key industry analysis and industry statistics, measures market size, analyzes current and future industry trends and shows market share for the industry’s largest companies. IBISWorld publishes the largest collection of industry reports so you can see an industry’s supply chain, economic drivers and key buyers and markets.

Report Snapshot
Market Share of Companies
Albion Chemicals Ltd Albion Chemicals Ltd market share
Univar Ltd Univar Ltd market share
Industry Statistics & Market Size
Revenue
£9bn
Annual Growth 08-13
5.4%
Annual Growth 13-18
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Profit
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Employment
17,750
Businesses
1,455
Industry Analysis & Industry Trends

The Chemical Product Wholesaling industry is involved in the distribution of a diverse range of products, varying from synthetic resins, essential oils and chemical glues to industrial salt, printing inks and industrial gases. As such, it serves an equally diverse range of consuming industries. Many of these products are intermediate products, including base and feedstock products and specialty and refined chemicals, which are sold as inputs to manufacturing industries. The industry also includes companies involved in the wholesale of fertilisers and agrochemical products.

Over the past five years, the local and global chemical sectors have displayed a high degree of volatility, which has had far-reaching implications for chemical wholesalers... purchase to read more

Industry Report - Industry Locations Chapter

The geographic profile of the industry to a large degree reflects that of the overall UK chemical sector, reflecting the inter-dependent nature of the sector and the integral role that chemical wholesalers play within it. One of the defining characteristics of the UK chemical sector is the existence of four core chemical clusters in key regional concentrations: the North West, the North East, Yorkshire and Scotland. The bulk of the United Kingdom's 3,100 chemical companies are located within these regions, producing a wide range of commodity, specialty and consumer chemicals.

This explains the location of many of the nation's chemical wholesalers, as does the fact that many chemical companies are vertically integrated operations that operate their own wholesale arms... purchase to read more

 


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What is the Chemical Product Wholesaling Industry?

Companies in the Chemical Product Wholesaling industry are involved in the wholesale of various industrial chemicals and those involved in the wholesale of fertilisers and agrochemical products. However, the industry does not include the activities of commission agents, commodity brokers and other types of wholesalers acting on behalf of others.

Industry Products
Industrial gasesFertilisers and agrochemicalsGluesEssential oilsOther industrial chemicals
 
Industry Activities
industrial chemicalsfertilisers and agrochemical products


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